Nitrogen isotopes in mantle-derived diamonds: Indications of a multi-component structure

Current Science

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1577-1580

  Mohapatra, Ratan K ^a,b   Murty, S V S ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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